A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Fr. Benedict Costello OP, a Dominican friar, who entered the General Post Office on several occasions to minister to rebels during the 1916 Rising.
Cutting from the 'Cape Times' of a report on the drowning of Fr. Frederick McConvery OFM Cap. (d. 28 Nov. 1968). Fr. McConvery of Parow Church died whilst swimming at Hermanus in the company of Fr. Patrick Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Leo McAuliffe OFM Cap. and Br. Daniel Duffy OFM Cap.
A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Geroge Bernard Shaw. The article also provides some biographical information on his early life in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Herald’ (2 November 1950).
A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Mary McWhorter (spelt here ‘MacWhorter’), a prominent Irish American activist. Mary McWhorter was the long-time president of the Chicago-based Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (23 August 1944). (Volume Page 33)
A clipping of a report on the death of Peadar Kearney (Peadar Ó Cearnaigh) in the ‘Irish Press’ published on 25 November 1942. Kearney died (aged 58) on 24 November at his home in Inchicore, Dublin. Kearney is best remembered for writing the lyrics to ‘A Soldier’s Song’ (‘Amhrán na bhFiann’, the Irish-language translation, is the national anthem of Ireland). (Volume page 120).
A clipping of a report on the death of Peter Murray, a prominent Irish American republican activist in California. Reference is made in the obituary to Murray’s friendship with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at Santa Inés. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Weekly’ (24 July 1944). (Volume page 21).
A clipping of a report on the death of Sir John Maxwell in Cape Town, South Africa, on 21 February 1929. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.